Crib Chatter

We chattered about this 4-bedroom penthouse unit in Wells Street Tower at 701 S. Wells in the Printers Row neighborhood of the South Loop a year and a half ago. See our September 2008 chatter and pictures here. Since then, the unit has been reduced by $230,000. At 4,000 square feet, it also has a […]

It’s been over a year since we chattered about CMK’s South Loop modern high rise at 1720 S. Michigan. When I first started this blog in 2007, it was among the first new construction buildings I covered and flippers were still in the game trying to flip their units which had just closed. See the October 2007 […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse unit at Museum Park Tower IV, at 1235 S. Prairie in the South Loop has been on the market about a month and has already been reduced once. The building was constructed in 2006. This unit is a corner unit with views to the north and west. The unit is now listed […]

It’s been nearly 2 years since we chattered about the Chess Lofts, the 2007 loft conversion of the former recording studio and warehouse for Chess Records in the 1950s and 1960s, at 320 E. 21st Street in the South Loop. See our June 2008 chatter here. According to the Tribune, these are the currently building […]

This 3-bedroom unit at 1601 S. State in the South Loop came on the market in February 2010. The listing on Redfin calls it the “most inexpensive 3 bd in the south loop on the market.” Priced as a “short sale” under $300k, the unit has marble baths. The kitchen has granite counter tops, cherry […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom full floor condo at 1142 S. Michigan in the South Loop in May 2008. See our prior chatter here. Nearly 2 years later, it has now been reduced by $500,000. There are only 8 units in this boutique mid-rise building. Unit #5 is 3800 square feet and has 2 home offices […]

This 2-bedroom duplex unit at 1115 S. Plymouth in the South Loop has a townhouse feel but it’s a condominium. It’s rare to get true private outdoor space in a condo unit, especially at this price point, but this duplex has a 21×13 brick and landscaped private terrace off the first floor. The listing says that […]

You can’t miss 1919 S. Prairie as you walk down historic Prairie Street on the South Side. Many people might not realize that Chicago’s truly rich first occupied Prairie Street before they ever called the Gold Coast their home. The house at 1919 S. Prairie was originally built in 1890 for Marshall Field Jr. By 2006, it […]

This 2-bedroom unit at 1530 S. State in the South Loop is one of those condos that has an extra large terrace. The listing says the terrace is 40×25 which would give the owners a whole other living space in the summer months. On the market for 11 months, the unit has been reduced $70,000. The kitchen has […]

We’ve chattered numerous times about The Vetro, at 611 S. Wells in the South Loop over the past 2 years. We’ve covered everything from the first attempted flips to the auctions and now there is a short sale that recently came on the market. This unit was purchased in 2007, well before the developer held the […]